The Implementation of Problem Based Learning Method in Indonesian Law Education

DOI

10.2991/icils-18.2018.51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Problem Based Learning; the Civil Law System; Legal Education

Abstract

The legal system in force in Indonesia adheres to the tradition of written law or civil law system. In the tradition of civil law, legal education process organized by the teaching of legal theories as its trademark. By contrast, in the tradition of the common law, legal education is done using the case as it trademark, so that the other terms of the common law is case law. This paper will discuss the use of the problem based learning method in legal education in Indonesia by focusing on two fundamental questions: whether the case method in the legal education system in Indonesia with a tradition of civil law can be done effectively, and what are the factors that needed to be the problem based learning method in legal education with a civil law tradition can be integrated in the curriculum of legal education in Indonesia. This research uses experimental research method in the course of Regional Autonomy Law for students of fourth semester. The results of this study indicate that the use of the case method in the legal education with a tradition of civil law cannot be effectively carried out. This is due to the high burden of student semester credit, little time available, and the difficulty of group work by the students. Accordingly, the use of the case method in legal education with a civil law tradition takes into account changes in the curriculum with course credit load factor, duration and magnitude of college participants.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Saru Arifin
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TI  - The Implementation of Problem Based Learning Method in Indonesian Law Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies (ICILS 2018)
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